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A William de Morgan ruby lustre tile, featuring a lioness and cub before a foliate design, probably Chelsea period, on an unmarked blank (6 inches square). Literature: William de Morgan Tiles, Jon Catleugh, published Richard Dennis, 1983, page 133, figure 198 for a similar design. Condition Report: Small nibbles to edges, light surface scratches.
A 1941 Dennis 'Light-4' fire engine or tender, registration GKR 216, in Kent Fir Brigade 'SEAL' livery, 3445cc petrol, V5 present, instruction books and some ephemera. NB. This lot was originally owned by Sevenoaks Rural District Council. It was known as a 'New World' machine intended solely for fire-fighting. It would have passed into Crown ownership on the 18th August 1941 when the National Fire Service was formed. The deceased acquired the vehicle in 10th January 2007.
Radclyffe (C.W.) Memorials of Rugby. Drawn from Nature and on Stone… with Historical and Descriptive Notices. 1843, Rugby, J.S. Crossley and others, large folio: title in red and black, list of subscribers, 28 tinted lithographs on 24 plates, each preceded by a leaf with caption and brief description; early half calf over very bumped, rubbed and stained cloth boards, spine lettered gilt. Dampstaining to title, the last five plates and a few ff., light scattered foxing to margins. One plate shows a game of cricket in progress Abbey Scenery 447
[MacMunn (George, Editor)] History of the Guides 1846-1922, 1938, Gale & Polden, Aldershot, first edition, 4to; half title, xv, pp. 347, 19 photographic plates incl. portrait frontis. and 18 folding maps incl. seven loose in pouch at rear. Original smart khaki cloth over bevelled boards, upper cover stamped with regimental crest in gilt, silk place marker in regimental colours. A little bumped and rubbed, with scattered, generally light, foxing; this copy with ownership signature of D.M. Brett, serving Commandant of the Corps of Guides, with order form/typed letter signed 'George' (the editor), December 1946, loosely inserted. A rare history of this regiment of the British Indian Army protecting the North West Frontier
Saxton (Christopher) and Hole (William) [Map of Cheshire] Cestriae Comitatus Romanis Legionibus et Coloniis olim insignis vera et absoluta descriptio [London,1610], hand coloured engraved map, printed area 250 x 300mm, centrefold, some light spotting, unexamined out of modern gilt frame [together with:] [Senex (John)] two hand coloured engraved strip road maps, in Yorkshire, printed to both sides of one sheet [1759], visible 165 x 215mm; unexamined out of modern gilt frame, glazed both sides (2)
Coleridge (Hartley) Autograph Note Signed 'H. Coleridge' [n.p., 1820s?], to one side of a sheet of J. Whatman laid paper, 4to, apparently to the editor of the London Magazine, enclosing an article on Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida [with:] an autograph copy signed ('Hartley Coleridge') of his poem 'On the death of Mary Fleming' (his landlady in Grasmere), [c.1846?], one sheet folded so pp. [4] 4to, rectos only, two overwritten erasures. Fold and handling creases, only light soiling/staining considering age. ''The Old Batchelor'', Hartley was the son of the poet, critic, and philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2)
Bower (A., Surveyor) The Two Acts of Parliament for the Holderness Drainage with an Index and Plan. 1781, York, A. Ward, folio, 480 x 375mm, title, Index, xvi, pp. 20, the letterpress in two columns followed by several tables, two blank leaves preserved at rear (detached); the block loosely bound by original stitching (title almost detached), the laid paper rather browned, soiled and stained, with tatty extremities, and pp. 15-20 with hole to centre; with Bower's (disbound) folded map 'A Plan of the Holderness Drainage', engraved by Consitt at York, separately dated 1781, the floral cartouche surmounted by an eagle, sheet approx. 825 x 650mm. Scale of Chains lower right. Rather tatty extremities, some soiling and light foxing with some folds splitting at margins. The whole offered with remains of original leather-covered portfolio boards. No sale records nor institutional copy of this very scarce work traced (1)
Leyland (John) Views of Ancient Buildings illustrative of the domestic architecture of the parish of Halifax, 1879, Halifax, oblong folio, 25 monotone lithographic plates (complete as list), light dampstain from top edge affecting all ff., original green cloth gilt, rubbed and scuffed, upper hinge split
Guillim [Gwillim] (John) A Display of Heraldrie: Manifesting a more easie accesse to the knowledge thereof..., 1611, London, William Hall for R. Mab, First edition (second issue?, colophon dated 1610), folio, architectural engraved title, woodcut plates and more than 500 armorials to text in six sections; [xiv], inconsistent pagination ending p. 284, but complete (inc. e.p.s); title with handling creases and ink splashes, occasional light spotting and staining throughout, tear to fore edge 2N4. Contemporary scuffed and frayed calf, covers stamped in gilt with vignette and initials 'B W', upper joint splitting, lower joint tender. Guillim's was to remain the standard work on English heraldry until the second half of the 18th century, and to this day is regularly consulted by working heralds
Allingham (Helen) Happy England, with Memoir and Descriptions by Marcus B. Huish, 1903, London, A. & C. Black, thick 4to Edition de luxe limited to 750 copies, signed and numbered by the artist; 80 colour plates, scattered light spotting concentrated to front and rear blanks, t.e.g., others uncut, original cream cloth gilt with floral decoration, minor shelf ware only, a good copy
Morris (Rev. F.O.) A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, [1879-80], London, W. Mackenzie, 6 volumes, 4to, 240 chromolithographic plates, scattered mostly light foxing, heavier to titles and first and last few ff., original decorated cloth gilt, a little fraying to some edges, a.e.g. (6)
Fleming (Ian) FOUR TITLES Octopussy and The Living Daylights, 1966 [&] The Man With The Golden Gun, 1965, both London, Cape, 8vo first editions with dust jackets; Octopussy with various library stamps and labels to e.p.s, (priced) jacket by Richard Chopping with light edge ware under protective library wrap, the Golden Gun a good copy [with:] Goldfinger, 1959, London, Cape, 8vo first edition, lacking jacket, the publisher's cloth rubbed and a little bumped to extremities [&] On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963, London, Cape, 8vo first edition, lacking jacket, the rubbed publisher's cloth rather frayed at extremities (4)
Baker (Robert, Surveyor) [Map of Antigua] Antigue, Levee par Robert Baker, Arpenteur General de l'Isle. 1779, Paris, hand-coloured engraved double-page map, plate 485 x 625 mm. Centrefold, as issued, some very light soiling, with margins visible beyond the platemark. Unexamined out of modern frame. Scarce map of the Caribbean island of Antigua, a French edition of Thomas Jefferys' map of 1775. Inset plan of English Harbour near Falmouth upper right
John Gould (British, 1804-1881) Lagopus Mutus [Ptarmigan]; Tetrao Tetrix [Black Grouse]; Red-Legged Partridge [with a different print of the same species]; Coturnix Communis [Common Quail]; Caprimulgus Europaeus [Nightjar], and six others [c.1830s-1870s, London, J. Gould], eleven hand-coloured lithographs of British and European seabirds, game birds etc., by H.C. Richter, J. Wolf, J. & E. Gould, sheets c 360 x 530mm up to 385 x 560mm. Some pencil captions. Scattered foxing, mostly light and marginal, with varying degrees of age-toning and minor signs of handling; colours still bright (11)
Pritt (Thomas Evan) The Book of the Grayling: Being a Description of the Fish, and the Art of Angling for Him, as Practised Chiefly in the Midlands and the North of England, 1888, Leeds, Goodall and Suddick, First Edition, 4to, large paper copy, pp. 64 plus advert leaf, three chromolithographic plates, publisher's brown buckram with Izaak Walton quote stamped in gilt to cover, t.e.g. Binding a little rubbed with a couple of ink stains, some light toning and soiling internally with foxing spot to fore edge pp.27-38; patterned endpapers browned, with old ownership inscription to front pastedown (1)
John Gould (British, 1804-1881) HUMMINGBIRDS Delattria Viridipallens; Nectarinia Insignis; Selasphorus Scintilla; Phaethornis Nigrocinctus [with] Phaethornis Episcopus, [1849-1887, London, J. Gould], four hand-coloured lithographs of hummingbirds with gum arabic by H.C. Richter, each sheet c 560 x 390mm. From 'A Monograph of the Trochilidae or Family of Humming-Birds'. Minor signs of handling and light toning to extremities of the full sheets; fine impressions in brilliant, unfaded colour (4)
[Charles I (King)] Basilika [Greek letters]. The works of King Charles the Martyr : with a Collection of Declarations, Treaties, and other Papers concerning the Differences betwixt His said Majesty and his two Houses of Parliament, 1687, London, R. Chiswell, second edition, folio, a large paper copy (440 x 275mm), pp. [x], 720 (273-282 erroneously numbered 373-382), [4], royal coat-of-arms frontispiece, additional engraved title by A. Hertocks, double-page plate by by I. Neeffs. Handsome blue roan with gilt decoration and royal crest to upper cover, upper joint starting to crack, edges rubbed and corners bumped, a.e.g., with later marbled e.p.s and mostly light and marginal soiling and staining internally. Overall a good copy
William Heath (British, 1794-1840, 'Paul Pry') SIX CARICATURES Mr George King_the Parish Overseer; Mr Primate the Churchwarden; Master Fang the Parish Beadle; Leo Sacks_one of the Charity Crab's; Caleb Quotem the Parish Factotum; Attorney in General to the Parish, 1829 ['1826' misprint on one plate], London, T. McLean, hand-coloured etchings from the 'Parish Characters' series, Heath's man-with-walking-stick monogram lower left. Three prints trimmed to platemark, some light scattered staining, else good impressions in unfaded early colour. Personalities lampooned include George IV, William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Duke of Wellington (6)
Huxley (Leonard, Editor) Scott (Captain R.F.) Scott's Last Expedition, (Vol. I) Being the Journals of Captain R.F. Scott, R.N., C.V.O., (Vol. II) Being the Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E.A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition…Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham, 1913, Smith Elder & Co., First edition, two thick large 8vo volumes: Vol. I xxvi, pp. 633 plus advert leaf; Vol II xiv, pp. 534; photogravure frontis. portraits to both vols., numerous plates, some in colour, folding maps. Publisher's blue ribbed cloth lettered gilt, only minor shelf ware (protected by acetate sleeve), scattered mostly light foxing to uncut text leaves and edge of block, t.e.g. (2)
[Wedderburn (Alexander), first Earl of Rosslyn] The Argument of Alexander Wedderburn, Esq; His Majesty's Solicitor General, in the Cause of Lord Pomfret against Smith; which was tried at the bar of the Court of King's-Bench, Westminster... November 1772, by a Special Jury of the County of York...1773, [York?], privately printed, 4to; vi including title and Advertisement plus pp. 49, in later three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, t.e.g. Boards and joints a little rubbed, upper hinge a little tender, light scattered marginal foxing to text. Self-promotion for Wedderburn (seemingly at the expense of the defendant Smith), posing as champion of the individual against powerful interests. Wedderburn became Lord Chancellor in 1793. The case, concerning disputed ownership claims to a lead mine in Swaledale by George Fermor, Earl of Pomfret, was tried first at York, in 1770. A rare tract
Clarke (Harry, Illustrator) Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe, [1923], Harrap, 4to, eight mounted colour plates including frontispiece, 24 monotone plates, with vignettes to text; original stained and rubbed black cloth gilt, pictorial label to upper cover, internally light foxing only, front and rear, block rough-trimmed, top edge stained black [with:] Kipling (Rudyard) Just So Stories, 1902, MacMillan, 4to, second impression, with author's illustrations, frayed red pictorial cloth, the block disbound [&] Shaw (Bernard) Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God, 1932 reprint, 8vo, frayed boards and chipped spine Lot includes a modern translation of St Mark's Gospel and seven Folio Society publications in slipcases (11)
Ornsby (Rev. George) Sketches of Durham; being an attempt to indicate to the stranger some of the most prominent Objects of Interest in that place..…Illustrated by Historical, Biographical, and Architectural Notices. 1846, Durham, George Andrews, 8vo, pp. vi, 226, Addenda leaf, four lithographic plates including frontis, text illustrations, author's (unsigned) presentation copy to J.W. Williamson; generally light foxing, original blue cloth with backstrip detached [with:] Phillips (John) The Rivers, Mountains, and Sea-Coast of Yorkshire. With Essays on the Climate, Scenery and Ancient Inhabitants of the County, 1853, John Murray, first, 36 lithographic plates, all but frontis. bound towards rear, pp.16 publisher's list at end dated November 1852; internally good, original bumped green cloth, the frayed spine stained and faded and split at lower joint; previous owner signature, Edmund Backhouse bookplate (2)
LIGHT AND SPECTROSCOPY Suffolk (W.T.) Spectrum Analysis as Applied to Microscopical Observation, 1873, London, John Browning, slim 8vo, pp. 39, colour frontispiece plus six plates, adverts to rear, publisher's rubbed and frayed green cloth, stiching weak, f.f.e.p. loose, stamps and labels for Wigan Free Public Library; Schellen (Dr. H.) Spectrum Analysis In Its Application to Terrestrial Substances, and the Physical Constitution of the Heavenly Bodies, 1872, London, Longmans, first edition, large 8vo, 13 plates (incl colour frontis), illustrations, original decorated cloth shelf worn, scattered foxing; Spottiswoode (William) Polarisation of Light, 1874, London, Macmillan, slim 8vo, viii, pp.129, two chromolithograph plates, illustrations, pastedown adverts, publisher's rubbed and frayed decorated cloth gilt, some gatherings starting to loosen [with:] Roscoe (Sir Henry E.) Spectrum Analysis: Six Lectures Delivered in 1868 before the Society of Apothecaries of London, 1885 large 8vo Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged by the Author and A. Schuster, illustrations, lacking one plate, decorated cloth [&] [Anon.] The Wonders of Light and Shadow, 1851, London, S.P.C.K., 16mo, pp. 106, wood-engraved illustrations and diagrams, original orange cloth, scuffed and stained (5)
David Roberts (British, 1796-1864) Thebes Great Hall at Karnac. Novr. 28. 1838 [&] Ruins of the Memnonium_ Thebes_ Decr. 5th 1838 [&] Temple at Esneh Novr. 25th.1838, [1846-1849], London, F.G. Moon; three tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe with hand colouring, from the deluxe subscribers' edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot'. Some very light foxing visible in lighter areas; unexamined out of gilt frames (3)
Little (Cynthia, pseud.) A Review of the First Masquerade at the Royal Gardens, Brighton; under the Patronage of the Tenth Royal Hussars, 1829, London, Cunningham and Salmon, 12mo, vi including Dedication to the regiment, Preface and list of Characters, pp. [7]-72, near-contemporary leather-backed marbled boards, 'Price 1s. 6d. in boards' printed to foot of title. A light-hearted, mildly titillating account of a young woman's experience at a society Ball; several pp. of poems to rear. Binding a little frayed at extremities, paper age-toned, pp. 43-44 trimmed at lower edge without apparent loss of text. Rare
Butler (Lady Elizabeth) Autograph Letter Signed on Bansha Castle, Co. Tipperary headed writing paper to 'Dear Colonel Williams', 1st January 1907, one sheet folded so pp. [4], 8vo, granting Williams permission to use an image of her famous painting 'Scotland for Ever' as the frontispiece to an intended history of the Scots Greys regiment (no record of publication found). Butler advises her correspondent to seek permission from the copyright holders, the fine art publishers S. Hildesheimer & Co Ltd. Scotland for Ever! (exh. Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London, 1881; Leeds City Art Gallery), is today the military painter's best-known work. She lived in Ireland with her husband the army officer and author Sir William Francis Butler. Fold creases and light soiling, else very good (1)
Johnson (J., Publisher) The Natural History of Birds ... intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Children… 1791, 12mo, 6 parts in 3 volumes (each part separately paginated), 116 plates attractively watercoloured by hand: Vol I with pp. xii list of plates interrupting pagination of prelims, general title, and titles to Parts I & II; Vol II lacking general title and titles to Parts III, IV & V; titles to Vol III and Part VI present. Directions to binder to rear of all six parts, pp. [7] publisher's list of books for children to rear Vol. III. Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked with George Gregory binder's label inside upper covers, inscribed on the f.f.e.p. 'To Miss Johnes from the Compiler with his Compliments' and with (Johnes?) engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedowns. Some scattered minor finger-soiling and light staining, generally good condition. [together with:] Bewick (T.) History of British Birds, 1821, Newcastle, later half-calf [&] Mudie (R.) Feathered Tribes of the British Isles, 1841, 2 vols, hand coloured plates, later half-sheep, third edition (7)
A COLLECTION OF MIDLANDS INTEREST BOOKS AND BOOKLETS including railway interest - Beddoes & Smith - 'The Tenbury & Bewdley Railway' Wild Swan 1995, Roger Carpenter - 'The Criggion Branch of the Shropshire & Montgomery Light Railway' 1990 together with Patricia Pearce - 'Where The Cider Apples Grow - The Story of Shepton Beauchamp' 1983 (26)
A COLLECTION OF RAILWAY INTEREST BOOKS - EASTERN COUNTIES including Chris Hawkins & George Reeve - 'Great Eastern Railway Engine Sheds' Part 1 & 2, Chris Hawkins - 'Great Eastern in Town & Country' Vols 1 & 2, and Vol 3 by Peter Kay, Peter Paye - 'The Mildenhall Branch LNER', Wild Swan 1988, Peter Paye - 'The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway', Wild Swan 1986, Chris Hawkins & George Reeve - 'The Wisbech & Upwell Tramway, Wild Swan and Mitchell, Smith & Ingram - 'Branch Line to Upwell' 1995 (9)
FIVE NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY INTEREST BOOKS including Mark Smithers - 'An Illustrated History of 18 Inch Gauge Steam Railways' OPC 1993, Robert Gratton & Stuart R. Band - 'The Ashover Light Railway' Wild Swan 1989, Fred W. Harman - 'The Locomotives Built By Manning Wardle & Company Vol. 1 Narrow Gauge', Baker & Allen Civil - 'Bagnall Locomotives A Pictorial Album of Bagnall Narrow gauge Locomotives' 1990 (5)

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